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Fig. 3.

From: A scenario for the generation process of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake based on dynamic rupture simulation: Role of stress concentration and thermal fluid pressurization

Fig. 3.

The conceptual model fault for Model-1 and Model-2, divided into seven areas, (a)–(g). The earthquake rupture starts from area (a). We assume a different initial stress for areas (b) and (c) following the estimation of the stress accumulation around the hypocenter (Fig. 2). TP operates in both areas (b) and (c). With respect to near-trench areas (d)–(f), area (d) is set as a stress-accumulated region, and area (f) is assumed to be a region with efficient TP to release a large seismic moment.

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